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Would you consider switching to pre-paid to save money?

4g A few of my recent articles have been about the overall increase in the cost of owning a smartphone. The pocket-sized computers themselves are perpetually being improved, yielding a higher average price tag; new networks are continually...

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Are you willing to pay more to get the plan and device you want?

4g As interest in the smartphone industry grows, owning one and paying for the service is becoming more and more expensive. New, data-optimized wireless networks are rapidly being built and expanded to accommodate for the millions of new data...

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AT&T flips its 4G LTE switch in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Naples

4g Looks like AT&T is joining in on the 4G LTE expansion fun this week. AT&T today announced that it's flipped the LTE switch in a few new markets today, including New Orleans, La. (both the Northshore and Southshore), Baton Rouge, La., and...

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U.S. Cellular adds Samsung SCH-LC11 Mobile Hotspot to its roster of 4G LTE devices

4g U.S. Cellular today announced the latest addition to its 4G LTE device lineup, the Samsung SCH-LC11 Mobile Hotspot. The device is available now from U.S. Cellular's website for $49.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate, though U.S. Cellular notes...

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What will you do once you lose unlimited data forever?

4g For six or seven years now, my family and I have had multiple smartphones with unlimited data plans. We originally switched to smartphones during the days of Alltel and were unexpectedly and reluctantly scooped up by Verizon Wireless in...

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Verizon to eliminate grandfathered unlimited data plans as customers move to 4G LTE

4g Last year Verizon introduced tiered data plans and ceased offering an unlimited data option to new customers, but existing customers that had already signed up for unlimited data were allowed to keep their bottomless plan. It looks like...

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AT&T, U.S. Cellular interested in purchasing 700MHz spectrum from Cox

4g There's been an awful lot of spectrum talk in the news as of late thanks to one carrier's recent proposed acquisitions, but tonight there's some other possible spectrum deals in the news. According to some new FCC filings, both AT&T and...

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Verizon 4G LTE network coming to 28 new markets, expanding in 11 more on May 17th

4g Verizon has already announced several markets that'll be gaining new or expanded LTE coverage on May 17th, but today the carrier unleashed the full list of 4G switches that'll be flipped this Thursday. In all, Verizon says that its 4G LTE...

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U.S. Cellular interested in purchasing 700MHz spectrum from Verizon

4g T-Mobile may not be interested in buying the 700MHz spectrum that Verizon said it would sell if its AWS deal with several cable companies is approved, but a different carrier has stepped up to say that it might take Verizon up on its...

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NVIDIA "Grey" chipset with integrated LTE now expected next year

4g Bad news for those of you looking forward to NVIDIA's Tegra chips with integrated LTE, as it looks like they may not be hitting the market until next year. NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang mentioned back in February that the chipsets, codenamed...

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Verizon announces more 4G LTE network expansions, several northeastern beach locations included

4g If hitting the beach for some sun while simultaneously accessing a 4G network sounds like your idea of a fun summer, Verizon has some good news for you. The carrier today announced several new markets that'll soon be gaining 4G LTE...

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Will you trade unlimited for shared family data?

4g ”Data demand will outpace capacity by 2014 if we don't make more spectrum available.” Those are the words that came out of Verizon Wireless President and CEO Dan Mead’s mouth during the CTIA roundtable. And it's The exact same picture that...

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Cricket to increase focus on smartphones, may offer Windows Phone 8 devices

4g So far we haven't heard much from Cricket during CTIA, but today the carrier offered a bit of a tease as to what we can expect from it through the remainder of 2012. Speaking to PCMag, Matt Stoiber, Cricket's senior vice president for...

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Sprint to launch Sierra Wireless 4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot on May 18th

4g The HTC EVO 4G LTE isn't the only upcoming Sprint product that had its availability made official today, as the folks at the Now Network have also confirmed the launch details for the Sierra Wireless 4G LTE Tri-Fi Hotspot. As you could...

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Verizon announces new 4G LTE network enhancements and expansions

4g Last month saw Verizon expand and enhance its 4G LTE network in a number of markets across the country, and now the carrier has begun revealing which cities will be receiving some of its LTE love this month. There are several markets in...

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Virgin Mobile outs HTC EVO V 4G while Boost Mobile reveals HTC EVO Design 4G

4g Late last month Sprint announced that Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile would soon be offering 4G WiMAX service, and now more details on Virgin and Boost's plans have been revealed. This morning Virgin Mobile announced that it plans to launch...

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T-Mobile selects vendors for network modernization and LTE rollout, expands 42Mbps+ HSPA network

4g We've already gotten big announcements from the likes of Verizon, AT&T and Sprint on day zero of CTIA 2012, and now T-Mobile is joining in with news of its own. The carrier has announced that it's inked multi-year deals with Ericsson and...

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How much do you spend on data per month?

4g From the time that smartphones and tablets started to become more and more popular, data prices have been on the rise ... sort of. Providers have begun building out expensive wireless networks that are better optimized for data services...

from 2012 by Taylor Martin 124 88 Reactions

AT&T 4G LTE coming to Salt Lake City later this year

4g Good news for AT&T customers in Salt Lake City, as today the carrier announced that it plans to roll out its 4G LTE service to the SLC this year. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson revealed the news today during a company meeting of stockholders....

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Is Sprint's unlimited data really worth it?

4g Before writing yesterday's piece about promotions that wireless providers should consider offering to tiered data users, I was determined to write about Sprint's data. That's what I had originally started writing before my train of thought...

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